Eight Graduates To Receive Diplomas At Local School
The upcoming graduation lists eight seniors Charles Walter Greentey Winifred Conner Donaldy O Donn Grace Conner Clarence B Schorl Helen Nicklaus Leila Conner and Besse Holsten gen. Baccalaureate will be at St Pauls Methodist Episcopal Church May 28 8 pm. Exercises in the opera house June 2 8 pm with Dr H C Chambers delivering the principal address. Eighth grade exercises June 1 8 30 pm in the opera house with a program including songs recitations essays and a class history. Class motto Perfect Links Make a Perfect Chain colors old gold and navy blue flower pansy.
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Charles Walter Greentey
Winifred Conner
Donaldy
Donn
Grace Conner
Clarence B. Schorl
Helen Nicklaus
Leila Conner
Opera House
H. C. Chambers
West Union
Memorial Day Exercises in Elgin 1916 Program Highlights
Memorial Day events in Elgin include an opera house program at 1 30 p m with the Elgin Concert Band performing music and a parade of recitations duets and a birthday of the flag reading The cemetery program features prayers and readings and a Roll of Honor Comrade Chris Baldwin. Miss Caroline La Grange will leave for Manchester to teach elsewhere, a note causing regret among students and parents. Bessie B pacer the fastest harness horse from Fayette County was sold for 600 dollars after a 450 dollar bid. plans for the Argo Gazate Henderson Stock Company next week at the opera house and Dewey Jaquette visiting Weston are mentioned.
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Elgin
Opera House
Cere
John Ae Falb
Anna Reusser
Lillian Fraiburghaus
Agusta Mosby
Florence Kohler
Frances Skarshoug
Lola Kiple
Tee Seed Wee Hev
Wedel Music
Bigin
Chris
Baldwin
Caroline la Grange
Manchester
Miss la Grange
Bessie B Pacer
Fayette County
McGinthery Dispersi
Louis B. Bigler
Wadena
School Exhibit Showcases Student Skill and Public Interest
Last Friday from 2:00 to 3:30 the schoolhouse hosted an open day to showcase manual training and domestic science. Girls served bread and butter sandwiches eye salad and coffee while boys displayed work benches shelves porch swings and other well crafted items. Berg and Kohler introduced a seven section oak cabinet with glass doors highlighting overcoats suits hats and caps and invited the public to inspect the new display.
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Dlaga
Berg and Kohler
Grand Rapids Show Case Co
Scarlet fever hits two schools prompt action
Two scarlet fever cases appeared early this week among local pupils leading to a school closure for fumigation. The school board decided to delay reopening until Monday to check for further cases. Prisellia Monnahan, three months old, died yesterday at home after a weeks long illness with whooping cough. Funeral services are at Holy Name church with interment in Clermont cemetery.
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Schoool House
Priselliad Monnahan
William Monnahan
Holy Name Church
Clermont— Argo
Symbolic Health Star on Chamberlain Tablets
A red five pointed star marks each Chamberlain's Tablets package, hailed as a symbol of health since ancient Greek Pythagoreans. For indigestion biliousness or constipation, obtain a package from R. W. Muehlenthaler and expect quick relief.
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Greece
R. W. Muehlenthaler
German Baptist Church Notes Sunday services and meetings
Sunday school at 945 am and service at 1100 am as Mission Sunday. Rev T W Dons, ex Buffalo Center, now with Ellenwood Kansas German Baptist church, will preach a mission sermon and again at 8 pm. Illyria sacred concert postponed to May 21 at 3 pm. German Young Peoples Society meets May 24 with a debate on US neutrality in WWI. Fayette County Press Association meets May 27 in West Union. St Pauls Church notes call for Sunday school 11 to 12 and service 10 to 11 with welcome to new pastor. Mothers Day observed last Sunday. Rev Cleworth gave sermon. choir praised. Paul Dean and wife return from Devorah. Paul now with M V Kiple. CG Hatsterson visited Waterloo business.
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German Baptist Church
Servion
T. W. Dons
Buffalo Center
Ellenwood
Kansas
Illyria
German Young Peoples Society
United States
Europe
St. Paul’s
Cleworth
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Elgin Savings Bank
Ncwa
Gus Gunderson
Samuel Mosby Cashier
Brand” Work
Lion Brand
Max Thoma
Iowa
Lee Kingman
Walter Kohler
Leo Schori
Hazel Haberger
Hazel Gehring
Ernestine Schori
Hather Wedel
Florence Lehman
Minerva Welbel
Edna Johnson Reading
Margaret Dunn
James Connor
Seeses Ees
Ion
Scitool
The
Citizens’ State Bank
Earn LeBori
C. F. Becker
J.C. C
J. C
Bowen & Elgin
Greenley
Fayette County Press Association
Paul Dean
Devorah
Paul
M. V. Kiple
Hatsterson
Waterloo
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